Links

English language magazine/e-mag with a useful collection of links to other resources.

The most helpful, complete advice on how to go freelance (autonomos) in Barcelona, it's aimed at teachers of English as a foreign language but it was spot on with the procedure. One little note IVA (Spanish VAT) is pronounced "Liva" (L'IVA) when someone is talking to you at the tax office.

If you're looking to move or buy a house, this the cadastral records (legal land registry) will tell you about the property and what the limits of the property are.

Since starting this site, property search sites have blossomed

Another property site - meta indexed in Trovit too

Cheaper hotels and hostels in Barcelona. There is severe shortage of middle of the road hotels in BCN - it's either 4 or 5 star and very expensive or cheap and cheerful. When you're visiting and looking for accommodation cheap and cheerful is fine

If you are renting or buying property in BCN this is the main aggregator site with properties across estate agents (like Rightmove in the UK) - the Spanish are only just getting into the Internet for this type of thing and it took ages to find this website. Idealista also publish data on changes in property prices year-on-year.

Loquo is a classified ads pages for Barcelona. This link is the English section and includes stuff like jobs and accommodation.

Helped out with some link checking on this site. Has a list of apartments and pisos in Barcelona

Rental website if you're just interested in renting with lots of properties to let long-term.

How to build your own house in Spain. The best description of how things work in Spain - in particular about building your own house. And the amount of paper and helpful bureaucrats that have to be dealt with.

The Nota Simple is the main document you need to start the process of buying a property. The Nota Simple confirms who the owner is, what mortgages are on the property and the definition of the property in terms of space and land so you know what you are buying. Combine this with the Urban plan and the cadastre and you have the key documents starting to buy a house. BUT you still probably need a lawyer to avoid legal gotchas.